Lock for automobiles.



R. M. HARRIS at M. V. WADE.

LOCK FOR AUTOMOEILES. APPLlCATEON FILED NOV. 2?. 19:5.

. 4d J/a/rr 15-15:,

. 12 grade luleiitvd 001'. 1?, 1916.

ROBERT M. HARRIS AND MILTON V WADE, OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

LOOK FOR AUTOMOBILES,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 17, 1916.

Application filed Novem ber 27, 1915. Serial No. 68,6.

lie it known that wo, ltonrzui M lilAltlllf-i uni] Muxiox Y. hone. oitizrna of the llnmal States, rvsiding at San Antonio, in the county of liexar and State oi TXXHS, have inwntecl curtain new and useful luipro.rnuxuh in Looks for AntonieIhilow. of which tho lollowing is a spuciliration This nivoutiou has for its oh iec-t Ila; l lu vision of a simple fllll vllM'iHll ill-vim u hirh may In: iillllllfll to lhv slim-ring oohunn, of an uutoinohilw and so :uljustwl iii-i to Foil Lho steering L'Hlillllll against morriovul Hllli hurl-Irv )u'rvuut tampering! with tho whirlr whih' tho owiwr or hnullrur i .1 n from.

l'uilihor njirct ol' UH, ini'i'niion 1 ii {novide a i'leriirv for tlw stated purposu iliich may he readily opvratuil and which will haw its working; parts inclosed so that they ran he manipulated onh- 11 a person j IUYlblid with a he).

The 'invontiou l\ lllllhtiliitgi in tluaoconr pouring drawings and ('(illftlhln in tain novel Matures whirh nill l? particularly pointed out in tho claim following this (lohlilcil (lesfiriptiou.

ln tlw. aum'amrl ih ings" l ion" 1 i-- 2) sirrtional elovnlion of a iozlioi. o," an auto mohilu steering (oluuui am! r'hm-l lliwl ah i115; thr klppllVlltl ln oi our i'Y' I'Il'lW" thou-to; Fig. 53 is a lol ili ll liual \i-rlirai arrliou of our lllll l'int'll looking iliwiii-u; hi; 3 m :1 iii tail Pf'l'figlli'tii' \ivw i-iino=iugag ih wwural parts si-iparateil hut app:maimaiuly in their relative positions.

n carrying out our invention, wr serum: to the #tueriug uolu nn l a in 1- plain or raszng 2 within whiih iii sliilahly niouutcil a loclu ing arm 3. The hose plate 1 is proriihil at one side with clips or rlampinp: nwnihora 4 which are: adapted to fit aroluul tho steering: column and courting: (lumping nmnihrrs :5 are. swured rigidly to the nwn hors 4 so that the said Hlllllklh? will togrthor iiii-losithe post and when fastvningZ-lmhs haw lioou turnr-(l honu w ill l'ii'iuly srruro tho lint-iv plate to the column. Tho fan? of tho haloplow is recessed or {,II'UOH'das shown at I, so as: to accomuuirlatv tho lo king hair 3 aiul tho said recess or groove rontrac'tvil or i'wlurril in its lower portion so as to prorirlo :i shouhh-r 7 whir'h servos as a stop to a rrest the inward movmnvnt of the locking liar In rontact with the transwrsr uhouhlor 8 formed thin-con. A lUf'k 5 ha ring a hull i is secured within the base plate at the junction of the expandl,'(l and reduced portions of the groove therein, as shown in Fig. 35, and the locking bur is uonstruuted with a tongue 11 which fits within tlw rmlucuzl portion of the recess or 'rooru. Th0 sille edges of the looking liar will rnu'agu the side walls of the rucessell portion of the has: plate so that tho locking har iuu :sliilo re zulily' onil will he guided in it IIHJW'HHULS. 'lhu immr oilgiol the louguu ll in rouslriu'teil ith a pluralitl of ootchut 113 thiln\\l'l walls [1'2 o1 whii-h an; llJClHlLd ilownuar llr :unl iliiw' noirhw :irr adapted in hi vugasl'ml h [in hull 111., tho iunlinorl iaiii i 1hr noli'hus {H'lllllttllllj the iwrl 5 w a i "(ll1l1'ili i l ili il v pant this huh i l {ho u i irr horim-niui walls of the notrrhvs will rontarl; with tho upper edge of the hull and puwvnt retulctiou of the loclcjog liar and rclvasi' of tho \"teoring whvel.

It will ho rrai'lil x lllllil'lh'llh'lil that the luck nun hr of an) prrl'orri-il rhai'actrr auil that thipriug=propr iUll liolt 10 will iohl to tho nvlinwl u all:-: of tho ilull'lllS huL will remain yrojwlml whrn engaged h [ho more abrupt upper walls of tho ooiolws Thu locking har is held in tho nai-owi'il {are of the base plutu lo a Ht'i' or keoln-r plate 14 Whirl: i8 Hf flllljll upon {hi hash plat Lu sci-Mrs or similar l'aai'ruinm. 'lhia rowr n: proviihwl with a kvyholr whit 15 to permit tluinsvrtion and =\'iflulrax\vil of a key for manipulating the look 5 and is also proviih-il with a longituiiual slot ll through which plays a handle scrureil in a rvress or sorket 18 in the locking liar. This handle may slide freely along the slot 16 so as to lift the locking liar into rngageuunt with one f the spokes (It the stvcrin i wheel 1!), as will be readily understood. and it may lKmlllliIHl to the locking har in any conwnirut or preferred nmunvr ilfill' thirover and tho lurking bar .iro hrou ghl logvtlwr and lmforv the) are as- M'IH IlWi with the hasu plate. The upper mi! of tlw locking har is forked. as hll0\\ ll at 3i). so as to span a Hpolm of tho shrinking whorl alul r-ugagv noh-hw '31 in a kvepvr or rlip 23 \\'lll(ll is lllhllOHtll m-w a xpolie 23 of tilt slowing wheel ll. The lmeper is: arrhml ol' howerl as ('loarly shown, and is hold in position hy a counting clip or clamp ing plate passlal lH'HlQl' the spoke, and suitable holts iusvrtwl through the keeper and the clamping: plate.

he use and advantages of our device will be readily understood from the foregoiiigui ing description taken in connection with the mizron'ipanying drawings. When the ear is in use, the loclQ-ing bar will be retrarted so that its u )prr (Lind will be tree of the ntoer ing whee. Hhhuld it be necessary for the chauffeur to leave the ear umiceupied, he raises the looking bar'so that the upper forked end thereof will engage the keeper 22. Inasn'iurh as the base plate is rigidly secured to the outer stationary member of the steering column, the engagement of the locking bar 3 with the load-per or with :1 Spoke of thr steering wheel will prevent turning of lhr steering wheel and, come lllltlltl), make it impossible to guide the machine so that unauthorim-d persons can not use [he -anw. When the rliautleur returns to thr rar, hr vvillulravva the bolt l by means of a proper hr). and thus permits thL lurking bar to retrart.

Unr drvirr i;--v vxrrediugl v simple in the construction and arrangement of its parta and may be n'ianufactlu'ml at a very low cost. It may be readily applied to any car and will be highly ellieient tor the purposes for which it is designed. The base plate may be given any suitable configuration to conform to the diameter or form oi the steering column and by providing a plurality of notches in the lot-king baiu we are ou abled to permit the said bar to be projected to a greater or less extent and thereby are enabled to areomnualatr the device to steering columns of different proportions.

l'laving thus demrribed our invention, what in elaimed as new is:

A looking di-vire for automobiles roin prising a base plate provided on one face with uu aua l'or clamping it on the'stcering column of the automobile and having its other law provided with a lon itudinal groove of angular ero; aeration the lower portion of said groove being reduced in width whereby an internal ollaet portion is provided on the base plate, a locking bar of angular (FUSE-3 section islidably mounted in said groove and having alongitudinal tongue at one side fitting in tho reduced lower portion of the groove, the locking liar being ronstriu-tml at its upper end to engage a spoke of tile automobile steering \'\lI t5l and inlrrnlrdiate its length with a shoulder adapted to abut the upprr end ol the oll'set portion ol the base plate and said tongue bring provided in its edge present d to the ollot portion ol tlir base plate with nob-law having their upper walls at right ngles to hilltl edge and their lower walla inrliiual downwardly, a bolt mounted in the olive portion of the base plate at the side of the lower redured portion of the groove therein to engage a notrh in the tongue of the looting bar and hold said bar projected, a keeprr plate scoured on the base plate over the lot-king bar and the bolt whereby to conreal the same and provided with a longitudinal slot, and a handle member playing in rsalll plot and MVlllt'tl to the tongue of the loolv'ing bar.

in testimony whereof, \ve allix our signa turrs. i

RHllllt'b Ml HARRIS. Mil/ UN v. WADE.

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